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CITIZENSHIP, IMMIGRATION and the BASQUE STATE Iker Iraola Arretxe ……… TOWARDS A BASQUE STATE citizenship and culture Ipar Hegoa Foundation / Basque Summer University 2 Author: Ipar Hegoa Foundation With the assistance of the: Basque Summer University ISBN: 978-84-8438-422-9 Legal deposit: BI-1289-2012 Original title: Euskal Estatuari bidea zabaltzen: herritartasuna eta kultura. Cover design: Ipar Hegoa Foundation Translator: Alan R. King Distributed by: Ipar Hegoa Fundazioa Rekalde Zumarkalea, 62 BILBO. Phone: 944706915 E-mail: [email protected] Udako Euskal Unibertsitatea (Basque Summer University)University).University) ... Erribera 14, 1. D, BILBO. Phone: 946790546 Fax: 944793039 E-mail: [email protected] / www.ueu.org By the present licence you may copy, distribute and display the content or produce derivative works provided the following conditions are met: – You must cite the author of the original content. – If you modify the content, or create a derivative work and distribute it, you must do so under the same conditions as in the present licence. – You may not use this work for any commercial purpose. 3 Contents FOREWORD Ipar Hegoa Fundazioa ......................................................................................................................................... 4 The Basque State and citizenship INTRODUCTION Txoli Mateos González ....................................................................................................................................... 7 111.1. ON STATE, CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONAL IDENTITY Julen Zabalo Bilbao and Txoli Mateos González ............................................................................... 10 222.2. CITIZENSHIP, IMMIGRATION AND THE BASQUE STATE Iker Iraola Arretxe ……….. .................................................................................................................................... 22 333.3. STATE, EDUCATIOEDUCATIONN AND THE BASQUE CITIZEN Txoli Mateos González ...................................................................................................................................... 36 444.4. CITIZENSHIP WITHIN FEMINIST THEORY AND PRACTICE Mila Amurrio Vélez .............................................................................................................................................. 48 The Basque State and ccultureulture INTRODUCTION Ane Larrinaga Renteria ..................................................................................................................................... 62 1. CULTURE IN STATESTATE----BUILDING:BUILDING: THE STATE AS A SYMBOLIC PROJECT Ane Larrinaga Renteria ..................................................................................................................................... 65 2. STATE, MARKET AND CULTURE: FUTURE CHALLENGES Josu Amezaga Albizu ........................................................................................................................................ 77 3. BASQUE CULTURAL FORMS: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN A HYPOTHETICAL BASQUE STATE Patxi Juaristi Larrinaga ..................................................................................................................................... 89 4. BASQUE EDUCATION RIGHTS, AND A LOOK AT SOME EUROPEAN SCHOOL SYSTEMS Fito Rodriguez Bornaetxea ........................................................................................................................... 102 5. THE SITUATION AND OUTLOOK FOR THE BASQUE LANGUAGELANGUAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21 ST CENTURY: THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD Iñaki Martínez de Luna Pérez de Arriba ................................................................................................. 119 22 222.2. Citizenship, immigration and the Basque statestate.... IIIIkkkeeerrrr IIIIrrrraaaooollllaaa AAArrrrrrrreeetttxxxeee,,,, SSSoooccciiiiooollllooogggyyy PPPhhh....DDD.... cccaaannndddiiiidddaaatttteee,,,, PPPrrrroooffffeeessssssooorrrr,,,, EEEHHHUUU----UUUPPPVVV Immigration is directly related to citizenship, the nation and the state, revealing as it does the constructed nature of those categories. Here the impact of immigration on Euskal Herria is examined from this perspective, looking first at the processes of migration to it which have produced the make-up of present-day Basque society to a large extent. This is followed by a consideration of the way migratory movements have been viewed by the movement for the development of Euskal Herria into a state, the Basque nationalist movement, since these attitudes have played a fundamental role in defining Basque citizenship. After some observations about multiculturalism, the chapter concludes with a look at how the creation of a Basque state might contribute to this and the issues that will be raised. 23 INTRODUCTION In recent decades immigration has become a basic area of study in the Social Sciences and above all in political analysis. It is such a broad subject that many aspects have been made the subject of study, but since the nineties cultural issues have received special attention. This has resulted in a great many analyses, approaches and debates concerning multiculturalism. There have also been criticisms which accuse such studies of limiting themselves to providing a cultural response to a situation which has many different aspects, and of only associating multiculturalism with immigration. When studying immigration we should be aware of this field’s many limitations; for instance, subjects that are treated as related to immigration are generally applicable to the whole population, not just to immigrants. Nevertheless, in this chapter I propose to examine the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of a host-society that wishes to achieve its own state, by looking at immigration in relation to subjects such as the state, the nation and the nationalist movement. In this sense the focus of my attention will not be on the immigrant per se (otherwise, I would also have to consider the benefits and problems that a new state would entail for the migrant), and when mention is made of the immigrant’s point of view it will be in relation to the perspective outlined above. ‘Immigration’ and ‘immigrant’ are disputed categories that have been discussed from numerous angles. In the opinion of some, the label ‘immigrant’ is better avoided because of its negative connotations. In this view (see Bilbeny, 2009), only people who have arrived recently should be spoken of as immigrants. The point of this is to do away with the category of ‘immigrant’ and just consider such a person as a ‘normal’ full citizen, without this implying any wish to belittle people’s original cultural identities or customs as a result (Zapata-Barrero, 2004). Be that as it may, in this study I will use the term ‘immigrant’ in a vaguely defined way to refer to all inhabitants who have originally come from anywhere outside Euskal Herria, even when the process of their migration began decades ago. To begin with I will consider some key concepts referring to the relationship between immigration and the state or nation on a theoretical level, before turning to look at the Basque Country’s situation in detail. First of all I will focus on the most salient characteristics of the flows of immigrants to Euskal Herria; then the most significant debates that have taken place in the Basque Country on the subject of immigration will briefly be reviewed, focusing on the main lines of thought and developments in the Basque nationalist camp regarding immigration. Following that, I will examine some of the notions that constantly enter into discussions about contemporary immigration such as ‘integration’ and ‘multiculturalism’, and I will conclude by attempting to relate the ideas discussed to the need for a Basque state. 1. IMMIGRATION, STATE AND NATION Migratory movements have many consequences both for the migrants’ land of origin and for the destination country. Here I will focus on the relationship between immigration and the concepts of nation and state. Immigrating means moving to a different state, which has a number of administrative effects, such as the actual entry process, work permits, regularization of legal status and so on. But the state is not concerned with this administrative aspect only. There is also an undeniable political facet, and here is where the variable of ‘nation’ enters the picture. 24 States typically attribute to their territory a national nature and characterise themselves as a nation-state . The state bases its claim to legitimacy on the existence of a nation. There are many ways to understand ‘nation’, and different elements may be emphasised when defining the nation and specific nations in particular, such as language, ethnicity, history and national aspirations; but in the last resort the nation is a political fact linked to a political goal. Claims to nationhood are not limited to states, and there are many nationalist movements which have not attained to statehood; in many countries there are conflicts between the nationalism of the state and those without a state on this account. So when migrants move to a state, they also enter a nation. It may be the case that there is no contradiction between the two planes of reality, or that the contradiction that exists is only of concern to a small minority group with negligible social impact. But if there exists in the country a significant nationalist movement which disagrees with the nation championed by the state, a national conflict may be in store; and just as local inhabitants will hold a position on
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